O
n the cover of each issue of Wanderlust, you will
find a quote from a poem related to the country
depicted in the feature photo. In this issue, we feature
Dubrovnik, Croatia as immortalized by this patriotic
poem from the 17th Century.
DUBRAVKA
By Ivan Gundulić, 17th Century Dubrovnik Poet
O liepa, o draga, o slatka slobodo,
dar u kom sva blaga višnji nam Bog je do,
uzroče istini od naše sve slave,
uresu jedini od ove Dubrave,
sva srebra, sva zlata, svi ljudcki životi
ne mogu bit plata tvoj čistoj lipoti.
Fair liberty, beloved liberty, liberty sweetly avowed,
thou are the treasured gift that God to us endowed,
all our glory is thy true creation,
to our Home thou are all the decoration,
no silver nor gold, not life itself could replace
the reward of thy pure and sublime grace.
Wanderlust.
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